diff --git a/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c b/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
index 7ec14097fef1f3bbb9b7611a96111c55d0ba9e19..203e849dc9c95c572793f6170aba2285e8f338c6 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/async-thread.c
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ static int worker_loop(void *arg)
 			run_ordered_completions(worker->workers, work);
 
 			check_pending_worker_creates(worker);
-
+			cond_resched();
 		}
 
 		spin_lock_irq(&worker->lock);